Now I start to understand the frustration of U-boot commanders who went on patrol in late WW2 years. I am reaching mid-'43 with my career (GWX, of course, playing dead-is-dead) and already things are getting hot. Enemy radar is making one hell of a difference. After approaching convoys mostly undetected in the past, now I can't get anywhere near a convoy as the bloody radar is pinpointing me, sending my boat deep below for cover. Escorts now come right at me even before I can get a fix on the convoy on my (primitive) radar. I'm at the third convoy that I miss in a single patrol because they find me before I'm able to get at medium range, to shoot my eels. Bye-bye night cover, farewell discreet approach on surface. The %#$? (censored) radar is ruining every attempt at a stealthy approach.
As I said, frustration is the name of the game from now on, but this also brings a challenge. The challenge to find new tactics, else I'm gonna miss every bloody convoy by far.
Let's see what the future will bring.
